ChatGPT maker OpenAI is pushing voice AI beyond transcription, towards agents that can act in real time.

Water minister Rose Jackson calls drying in Gwydir region ‘devastating’ as bill passes upper house

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Water flows to parched New South Wales wetlands where an urgent rescue mission to save dying wildlife unfolded are a step closer to resuming after legislation passed the state parliament’s upper house.

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The platform said it would remove end-to-end encrypted messages, a major U‑turn by parent company Meta.

Man, 69, is in intensive care in Johannesburg, while expedition guide Martin Anstee, 56, receiving care in Netherlands

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Two Britons who were medically evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said.

A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to South Africa on 27 April and is receiving care at a private...

Meta said Ofcom’s calculations were “disproportionate”; the regulator said it would defend its position.

Digital identity experts have welcomed new draft regulations as a good starting point but have flagged areas of concern.

Quashed studies, halted publications and canceled research threaten damage to public health, critics say

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A series of high-profile and under-the-radar decisions by US health agencies have scientists and doctors questioning the extent of the agencies’ control over public communications – and they say the debate is obscuring the most important...

Broadcaster-only election rules leave South Africa exposed to the AI-driven disinformation already shaping votes elsewhere.

Specimen from 1983 lay forgotten at Natural History Museum until recently, when spotted by a volunteer and identified as new genus

He has lizards, bats, frogs, weevils, flatworms, snails and spiders named after him. But now Sir David Attenborough can celebrate his 100th birthday with an entirely new genus named in his honour.

Scientists from the Natural History Museum in London have paid...

As the so-called Magnificent Seven pour billions into AI, the chip makers selling them hardware are getting rich.

Powerful radar system is providing new data on city’s subsidence, which experts hope will draw more attention to it

Walking into Mexico City’s sprawling central Zócalo is a dizzying experience. At one end of the plaza, the capital’s cathedral, with its soaring spires, slumps in one direction. An attached church, known as the Metropolitan Sanctuary, tilts in the other. The nearby National...

Hexion has launched a 30PB South African archive platform focused on sovereignty and cybersecurity.

Altron’s continuing-ops Heps is now seen rising 31-37%, with group-level outlook upgraded more meaningfully.

The tech giant says it hopes to slowly expand the service as the demand for ultra-fast deliveries grows.

JSE-listed Datatec expects headline earnings per share to rise more than 50% for the year ended 28 February 2026.

A generation of software engineers who never develop foundational competencies has become a genuine concern.

Adjusted earnings per share more than tripled to R1.80, with consumer and enterprise segments leading growth.

To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s centenary, Madeleine Finlay catches up with natural history writer Patrick Barkham, who has met the celebrated presenter. They explore how the natural world has changed in the century that Attenborough has been on Earth, and how his programming has reflected his growing commitment to highlighting the devastating impacts of the climate crisis on nature and...